A complete treatise on practical land-surveying, in seven parts; (1839)
Nesbit, A[nthony], 1778-1859. [from old catalog] · London, Longman, Orme, Browne, Green, and Longmans; [etc., etc.] · leaf 356
manner, may be parted off the trapezium E F H G. 2. Divide a field, -whose dimensions are contained in the fol-lowing notes, among three persons, A, B, and C, so that eachpartaking of a pond at P, A may have 3a. B 4a. and C the remainder. BD 1447 Diag. 1000 R. offB. EB 1603 Diag. 1000 ft. off E. CE… … From the pond P, draw the line P D, and also the gness-lineP m, which suppose = 558 links; then will the diagonal D mhe = 1025, the perpendicular Par: 400, and C a = 195 links :hence, the area of the trapezium P m C D is found = 304937square links, which exceeds As share by 4937 square links.This…
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